Abraham De Moivre : setting the stage for classical probability and its applications /
Bellhouse, D. R.
Boca Raton, Fla. ; London : CRC Press,
c2011.
"An A K Peters book."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-256) and index.
Early Life in France -- Points of Connection -- Getting Established in England -- Scotica Mathematica -- The Breakthrough : De Mensura Sortis -- A Newtonian Intermezzo -- Miscellanea Mathematica -- The Doctrine of Chances and the Doctrine Disputed -- Doctrinal Dissemination and Further Development -- De Moivre as Teacher -- Life Annuities -- The Decade of the Doctrine Enhanced -- The Two Thomases -- Old Age.
Moivre, Abraham de, 1667-1754.
Mathematicians
Probabilities
Mathematics